Report - Birmingham Central Fire Station - April 2014

[Clarence Trumble-Lovegod]

This place is somewhere I have a strange relationship with. My father was a fireman in Hereford and Worcester fire brigade, and one day whilst on duty, he was involved in an accident and fell into a coma. While he was in hospital, my family was put up in the accommodation area of this fire station and I spent the days moping around, with everything feeling surreal and warped. It was obviously not a happy time, but I do remember the grandness of this building - and in particular, the smell which can only come with a live, working fire station and all the firemen who bought food, essential items, played snooker with us, watched TV with us and escorted my family through the dangerous underpass t night to the hospital not far away - they generally looked after us really well.
My father never fully recovered, but he is doing well. I'm glad this building got a new lease of life...

 

[norfolkexplorer]

Nice stuff

 

[Derelict-UK]

Then some twat went and spoiled it for us by getting a permission visit and after that i didn't really have the same motivation to get in and see what i already knew was there.

Nothing wrong with permission visits if it gets you in to document the site that can't be accessed any other way.

I don't do this for the fun of hiding from security, I do it to document sites before they are lost. Better to do it earlier than later and if that permission visit gets you behind locked doors or unseen areas, then why not.

 

[wellingtonian]

Noice, very noice